Anyone ever painted the heatshield for their exhaust manifold? If so, post up your pics! I am wanting to paint mine Matte black. Should I primer it? then use hi temp black engine paint?

 

I painted the heat shield in flat black. I just used high temp paint, no primer. I think it was paint for outdoor grills and stoves. It's been over a year and it looks just as good as when I painted it.

 

Do you have any pics of this?

 

isnt it matte black stock?

 

its silver.

Did you sand it down at all?

My idea is actually kind of out there and artistic.

I want to paint it matte black, then fling red and gray paint on to it like a confetti look. So the red will match the theme in the engine and the gray will match the paint of the car. Then I may clear coat it for a powdercoated look.

 

I just used a 3m scuff pad to ruff it up a little bit. looks good enough. you're covering up an ugly as* manifold. when i or you get a header, that will look way better than an ugly cover anyway.

 

Sounds good, Bought all of the paint today, So Im gonna try it. I kind of want a header, but I don't want to spend $200 for unnoticable gains.

 

Yeah I'm with you. May sound faster and look better... but not sure if that's worth 2 hondo

 

All done, I need to add another coat of clear and it should be alright. Then im gonna let it sit a few days before I put it back on the car.

2 coats of primer
2 coats of matte black
Lots of random red dots with a toothbrush
Lots of random gray dots with a toothbrush
2 coats of clear

Basically I just flung dabs of paint on to it with a toothbrush and it looks like a piece of modern art lol. Ill have pics soon.

 

Some pics...Ill put it on the car in a few days and clean the engine up and get better pics.







Cleaned up the monstar truck lol. Notice the black sidemarkers...I don't really like them but the orange faded to a brownish color.

 

Looks pretty cool.

 

Installed.

 

Try radiator paint, or caliper paint is high temp too

 

What? Its done, I used hi temp engine paint from autozone. See above pics.

 

Get a header and forget about it lol. A header gave me more noticeable gains than any other mod short of the piggyback. It ain't a turbo but a hundred or two is cheaper than 4 grand.

That said, the heatsheild looks pretty cool installed